Alex Zhang shot a final round of 74 to win the 2023 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO at the North Bay Golf and Country Club in North Bay, Ont. on Thursday.
Zhang took a one-shot lead into the final round and that’s how it would end as he becomes the 11th player in tournament history to win both the Silver Cup (Junior Championship) and the Jack Bailey Trophy (Juvenile Championship), and the first player to win both since Christopher Vandette in 2018.
He joins Jim Rutledge, Jeff Makahon, Rob McMillan, Jesse Collinson, Dustin Risdon, Gord Scutt, Rafael Lee, Mitch Sutton, Charles-Éric Bélanger and Vandette as those who have won both championships.
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) shot a one over par 73 to finish tied for 37th on the leaderboard at +12, 300. Chuback’s round featured four birdies – on the first, 10th, 11th and 16th holes.
Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) carded a final round 80 to end play at +23, 311.
With the victory, Zhang has earned an exemption into the 2024 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship as well as the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
Zhang will also be awarded a cheque of $1,200. To align with the modernized Rules of Amateur Status, players at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, competed for a purse of $8,000 CAD. Along with Zhang, the top-10 finishers earned prize money.
Jake Houston of Baie-D’Urfe, Que. and James Lee of Whistler, B.C. both finished at 1-under to earn silver medalist honours in the Junior Championship. Lee also earned solo silver medalist honours in the Juvenile Championship and Matthew Javier of North York, Ont. took home bronze medalist honours finishing at even par.
For the final standings of the 2023 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, please click here.
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Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) made two birdies in his opening six holes while carding a six over par 78 during today’s third round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in North Bay, Ontario.
Through 54 holes, Chuback is T56 on the leaderboard at +11, 227.
Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) is four strokes back of Chuback in 70th place at +15, 231 following a seven over par 79 today.
For the third round leaderboard, click here.
For the final round tee times, click here.
Terence Rafferty (Team Manitoba / Southwood Golf & Country Club) had Manitoba’s low round of the day carding a two over par 74 during today’s second round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in North Bay, Ontario.
Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) shot a 77 while both Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) and Zostrianos Gross (Shilo Country Club) had an 80.
Chuback (+5, 149) and Orchard (+8, 152) made the cut to play the final two rounds.
Chuback, Orchard and Rafferty represented Manitoba in the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Competition and finished fourth overall at seven over par.
For the second round leaderboard, click here.
For the third round tee times, click here.
Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club) is Manitoba’s top performer today in the opening round of the 2023 Canadian Junior Boys Championship.
After bogeying his opening hole, Chuback made four birdies and 13 pars en route to a three under par 69 at The North Bay Golf and Country Club in North Bay, Ontario.
Also representing Manitoba:
Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) +3, 75
Zostrianos Gross (Shilo Country Club) +7, 79
Terence Rafferty (Team Manitoba / Southwood Golf & Country Club) +13, 85
Chuback, Orchard and Rafferty are representing Manitoba during the 36 hole Inter-Provincial Team Competition. Chuback and Orchard have combined to place our province second on the leaderboard, just one stroke back of first place Ontario.
For the opening round leaderboard, click here.
For the second round tee times, click here.
156 of Canada’s top junior golfers head to Northern Ontario to compete for the Junior title along with a U16 Juvenile division and an inter-provincial team competition.
The 2023 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO is underway with a field of 156 junior golfers competing over four rounds at The North Bay Golf and Country Club in North Bay, Ont.
Four golfers from Manitoba are taking part including Grady Chuback (Team Manitoba / St. Charles Country Club), Zostrianos Gross (Shilo Country Club), Ryan Orchard (Carman Golf & Curling Club) and Terence Rafferty (Team Manitoba / Southwood Golf & Country Club).
Chuback, Orchard and Rafferty will represent Golf Manitoba during the Inter-Provincial Team Competition.
OPENING ROUND TEE TIMES, click here.
1st ROUND LEADERBOARD, click here.
This year’s field competing for the Canadian Junior Boys Trophy, also known as the Silver Cup, features a talented field of Canadian players, including five 2023 NextGen tournament winners—Dougie Basadur of Fonthill, Ont. (NextGen Atlantic), Isaiah Ibit of Orleans, Ont. (NextGen Ontario), Jerry Li, Vancouver, B.C. (NextGen Pacific), Kye Fisher of Leduc, Alta. (NextGen Prairie) and Henry Dao from Laprairie, Que. (NextGen Quebec).
“North Bay Golf & Country Club is a classic Stanley Thompson design and will provide a tough but fair test for the country’s best junior golfers,” said Golf Canada Tournament Director Daniel Suppa. “The Host Club committee at North Bay and its members are extremely proud to host this prestigious event. In working with the staff at North Bay and their tournament committee, everyone involved is passionate and committed to providing a world-class event for all participants travelling to the tournament.”
Established in 1921, the North Bay Golf and Country Club is a privately owned club with shareholders and governed by an elected Board of Directors. In 1921, a group of golf enthusiasts formed the North Bay Golf and Country Club and engaged Stanley Thompson, the renowned Canadian designer to lay out the new course on what was once farmland originally owned by the Macintosh family.
The original nine holes spanned 2,800 yards and were ready for play in 1923 with the second nine opening in 1966. With seasonal renovations and a strong commitment from members giving of their labour, resources and donations, the course has evolved into one of the finest eighteen-hole challenges in North Ontario.
Established in 1938 with the first championship played at London Hunt and Country Club in London, Ont., the Canadian Junior Boys Championship has given Canadians a glimpse into the future glory that many of its champions have gone on to enjoy. Canadian Golf Hall of Famers Doug Silverberg, George Knudson, Gary Cowan, and Doug Roxburgh have all won the Silver Cup before moving on to amateur and professional careers.
Reigning RBC Canadian Open champion Nick Taylor won the Junior in 2006, the only Canadian male golfer to win the trifecta of national championships comprised of the Canadian Junior Boys, Canadian Men’s Amateur, and Canada’s National Men’s Open Championship (joining Brooke Henderson who is the lone female Canadian golfer to win the Canadian Junior Girls, Canadian Women’s Amateur, and the CPKC Women’s Open).
In addition to the 18-and-under Junior Championship, the 16-and-under Juvenile Championship was added in 1970, with the winner receiving the Jack Bailey Trophy. Since its inception, only ten golfers have won both the Juvenile and Junior titles — Jim Rutledge, Jeff Makahon, Rob McMillan, Jesse Collinson, Dustin Risdon, Gord Scutt, Rafael Lee, Mitch Sutton, Charles-Éric Bélanger and Christopher Vandette.
The Junior and Juvenile championship rounds are played concurrently over four rounds, with the top 70 players plus ties in the Junior division and a minimum of ten players in the Juvenile division advancing to the final 36 holes. The Junior Inter-Provincial Team Championship will be played over the first 36 holes, where teams will compete for the Junior Inter-Provincial Championship Trophy.
The new purse payout that was introduced in 2022 will continue at this year’s championship. To align with the modernized Rules of Amateur Status, players at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship will compete for a purse of $8,000 CAD. Amateur golfers may accept prize money up to a maximum of $1,200 CAD, and payouts will be awarded to the top 10 finishers and ties.
The Junior champion of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship earns an exemption into the 2024 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship as well as the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
– with files courtesy Golf Canada
Winnipeg’s Braxton Kuntz shot a 4 under par 68 in his final round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia to finish in a tie for fifth place on the leaderboard.
Wednesday’s 68 was another impressive round this week for the Breezy Bend Country Club member, who finished with a 274 total, just five strokes back of first place.
Jean-Philippe Parr of Quebec carded a 69 to win the Championship at 19 under par.
Thomas Scott of St. Charles Country Club shot a 1 over 73 to finish tied for 42nd on the leaderboard at 289 while Whitewater Golf Club’s Jack Moro shot a 75 to end play at 293, tied for 57th.
For the complete leaderboard, click here.
Winnipeg’s Braxton Kuntz shot a 2 under par 70 Tuesday in his third round at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia.
With a three round total of 206, the Breezy Bend Country Club member sits six stroke behind leader Jean-Philippe Parr of Quebec.
Dauphin’s Thomas Scott shot a 2 over par 74, which has him now tied for 41st on the leaderboard while Jack Moro of Thunder Bay, Ontario is tied for 51st after shooting a 76.
For the complete leaderboard, click here.
Wednesday’s final round tees at 10am Central.
Three members of Golf Manitoba have made the cut following 36 holes of play at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, led by Winnipeg’s Braxton Kuntz.
The Breezy Bend Country Club member made seven birdies on the day shooting a 67 and sits with a two day total 136, which is good for a tie of 7th place on the leaderboard.
Jack Moro of Thunder Bay carded a 1 under par 71 while Dauphin’s Thomas Scott shot even par 72. Both players are tied for 30th at 142.
Failing to make the cut (+2, 146) were:
Ryan Blair (Winnipeg) 72-150
Jack Taylor (Winnipeg) 78-154
Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin) 81-157
Grady Chuback (Headingley) 78-159
Team Manitoba moved up two spots during the Inter Provincial Team Competition. Kuntz, Blair and Chuback combined for a -5 today to put them at -2 and into 6th place.
For the complete leaderboard, click here.
Blair, Chuback, Prokopowich, Scott and Taylor are members of Team Manitoba’s Junior Development Program.
Winnipeg’s Braxton Kuntz made four birdies on the back nine in his opening round of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia.
The Breezy Bend Country Club member carded a 3 under par 69 placing him in a tie for 14th on the leaderboard.
James Newton of Ontario is the leader by three strokes on four players following a 9 under par 63. Newton made seven birdies and finished with an eagle on the 18th hole.
Also representing Golf Manitoba:
T23 Thomas Scott (Dauphin) -2, 70
T38 Jack Moro (Thunder Bay) -1, 71
T106 Eric Prokopowich (Dauphin) +4, 76
T106 Jack Taylor (Winnipeg) +4, 76
T124 Ryan Blair (Winnipeg) +6, 78
T124 Grady Chuback (Headingley) +6, 78
Team Quebec leads in the Inter Provincial Team Competition at 11 under par.
Team Manitoba (Kuntz, Blair and Chuback) are 8th at 3 over par.
For the complete opening round leaderboard, click here.
Blair, Chuback, Prokopowich, Scott and Taylor are members of Team Manitoba’s Junior Development Program.
Golf Canada’s 2022 championship season continues at Rivershore Estate & Golf Links in Kamloops, B.C. for the 83rd playing of the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, presented by BDO, from Aug. 7-10.
This national championship, which was first held in 1938 in London, Ont., offers an opportunity for the top junior male golfers from coast-to-coast to compete against the best in their class in a 72-hole stroke play competition. This year, 156 players will clash on the west coast of Canada aiming to add the Silver Cup to their trophy cases.
Representing Manitoba and Northwest Ontario in this year’s event include:
- Ryan Blair, Elmhurst Golf & Country Club
- Grady Chuback, St. Charles Country Club
- Braxton Kuntz, Breezy Bend Country Club
- Jack Moro, Whitewater Golf Club, Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Eric Prokopowich, Dauphin, Manitoba
- Thomas Scott, St. Charles Country Club
Blair, Chuback, Prokopowich and Scott are all members of the Team Manitoba junior development program.
Returning this year is the interprovincial team competition. The interprovincial championship, first held in 1959, will be played in conjunction with the first 36 holes of the competition, with three-player teams vying for the team title. In rounds one and two the best two scores of the three golfers from each provincial team count towards the team’s score. The lowest aggregate score over rounds one and two determines the champion. Blair, Chuback and Kuntz will represent Manitoba in the interprovincial team competition.
The Juvenile division – a subdivision for boys 16 and under – remains in place this year and will run concurrently with the Junior division through the 72-hole competition. Humphreys was awarded the Jack Bailey Trophy in 2021, winning by a commanding 13 strokes over runner-up Zhao. Since its inception in 1970, only ten players have won both the Junior and Juvenile division titles.
The winner will receive an exemption into the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Daniel Island Club in Charleston, S.C., as well as a spot in 2023 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship.
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For more information about the 2022 Canadian Junior Boys Championship click here.
